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Assessing disaster-attributed mortality: development and application of a definition and classification matrix

Author(s) -

Debra L. Combs

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/28.6.1124

Subject(s) - natural disaster , flow chart , emergency management , poison control , medical emergency , disaster medicine , occupational safety and health , chart , medicine , suicide prevention , environmental health , actuarial science , geography , statistics , business , mathematics , political science , engineering , pathology , engineering drawing , meteorology , law

A useful step in developing and implementing sound policies to prevent disaster-attributed mortality is to classify the relationship between disasters and mortality. While there are classification methods for specific health outcomes, there is no standard method that includes all potential outcomes from exposure to a natural disaster. Without standards, our ability to assess health effects from disasters and implement prevention programmes is limited.

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